[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 5]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR3280.204]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
 CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING--FEDERAL HOUSING 
        COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 3280--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart C--Fire Safety
 
Sec. 3280.204  Kitchen cabinet protection.

    (a) The bottom and sides of combustible kitchen cabinets over 
cooking ranges to a horizontal distance of 6 inches from the outside 
edge of the cooking range shall be protected with at least \5/16\-inch 
thick gypsum board or

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equivalent limited combustible material. One-inch nominal framing 
members and trim are exempted from this requirement. The cabinet area 
over the cooking range or cooktops shall be protected by a metal hood 
(26-gauge sheet metal, or .017 stainless steel, or .024 aluminum, or 
.020 copper) with not less than a 3-inch eyebrow projecting horizontally 
from the front cabinet face. The \5/16\-inch thick gypsum board or 
equivalent material which is above the top of the hood may be supported 
by the hood. A \3/8\-inch enclosed air space shall be provided between 
the bottom surface of the cabinet and the gypsum board or equivalent 
material. The hood shall be at least as wide as the cooking range.
    (b) The 3-inch metal eyebrow required by paragraph (a) of this 
section will project from the front and rear cabinet faces when there is 
no adjacent surface behind the range, or the \5/16\-inch thick gypsum 
board or equivalent material shall be extended to cover all exposed rear 
surfaces of the cabinet.
    (c) The metal hood required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section can be omitted when an oven of equivalent metal protection is 
installed between the cabinet and the range and all exposed cabinet 
surfaces are protected as described in paragraph (a) of this section.
    (d) When a manufactured home is designed for the future installation 
of a cooking range, the metal hood and cabinet protection required by 
paragraph (a) of this section and the wall-surfacing protection behind 
the range required by Sec. 3280.203 shall be installed in the factory.
    (e) Vertical clearance above cooking top. Ranges shall have a 
vertical clearance above the cooking top of not less than 24 inches to 
the bottom of combustible cabinets.